Field Scarf

Growing up in the fields of Iowa, springtime was always the most exciting time of year. The snowy white landscape melts away and spring wildflowers begin to bloom. Pops of all shades of lavender and gold let us know that spring is officially taking hold!

My woven Field Scarf celebrates not only the coming of the new season, but also the arrival of Purl Soho’s new Linen Quill. Its subtle beauty and straight-from-nature palette perfectly reflect the transition from endless winter plains to fields of color.

We wove our scarf on Schacht Spindle Co’s amazing rigid-heddle Cricket Loom, a table-top loom about the size of a record player. It only takes a few hours to learn how to use the Cricket Loom and only a little longer to weave a beautiful scarf like this!

Pick up all the yarn you need with our Field Scarf Bundle, and weave your very own Field Scarf to keep you comfy as we transition into spring and to remind yourself that warmer times are on their way! -Kelly

Size

Note

Cricket Looms come with a very user-friendly instructional booklet that walks you through every step of the weaving process, from assembling the loom to tying the fringe. For even more guidance, check out our Cricket Loom Tips.

Pattern

Warp the Loom

Set up the warping peg 110 inches from the front of the loom.

With a 12-dent reed in place and using Warp Color A (Kettle Black), begin threading the heddle by pulling the first loop of yarn through the 5th slat from the right end of the reed.

Working from right to left, pull Warp Color A through the next 26 slats so there are 54 threads total.

Cut Warp Color A at the back apron rod and tie to Warp Color B (Salt + Pepper) so that the knot is on or fairly close to the apron rod. Pull Warp Color B through the next 27 slats.

Cut Warp Color B at the back apron rod and tie to Main Color (MC, Pale Oats) so that the knot is on or fairly close to the apron rod. Pull MC through the next 27 slats, ending on the slat 5th from the left side of the reed.

Tie MC to the back apron rod.

You should have 162 warp threads (54 of each color). Finish the warp according to the Cricket Loom instructions, transferring one strand from each slot to the hole to the right.

Weave

Wind one shuttle with about 25 yards of Weft Color A (Turmeric Yellow) and one with 25 yards of Weft Color B (Rose Granite).

Finish

Use the 36-inch tails to finish each end of the scarf with a hemstitch. Make the hemstitch around groups of 4 warp ends until you reach the last 10 ends of a color. Finish with two groups of 5 ends. Repeat for each of the 3 weft colors.

Cut the fringe 1/2 inch from the end of the weaving.

Weave in the hemstitch tails and gently hand wash your finished scarf in cold water, laying it flat to dry.

Oh, wow, I can’t think of anything more perfect for Linen Quill! My sister-in-law picked some up for me, so I cannot WAIT ’til she gets back in town with my new yarn!! (She jokes that she brings me yarn from Purl Soho so that she’s always guaranteed a ride from the airport!)

What a lovely pattern and colorway! Can this be easily adapted to the 10 inch Cricket Loom? I kind of regret investing in the 10 inch version, since all of your beautiful weaving patterns are for the 15 inch loom, and I feel a little too intimidated to start without a pattern to work from (I’m new to weaving, and restricted by a small NYC apartment with little storage space). Would love to know if something like this could be done on the smaller loom too!

Lovely project! I think there is a typo in the finishing instructions — it says “Repeat for each of the 3 weft colors” when I believe it should read “Repeat for each of the 3 warp colors”.

Also wondering if it might be helpful for new weavers to state clearly that hemstitching is done *before* cutting the scarf off the loom? It’s not noted explicitly in the hemstitching tutorial (you have to read to the end to see that “cut work off loom” is a late step), and I recall being caught off guard by this once upon a time when I was a new weaver. I guess I expected hemming and finishing to start when the loom part was over!

Finally, out of curiosity: any reason why you prefer hemstitching the beginning end of the scarf at the end of weaving, rather than at the start of weaving (as I’ve seen more frequently instructed)?

Thanks for writing us! PPI translates to the amount of weft ends you have per inch. Conversely, EPI, or ends per inch, refers to the amount of warp ends per inch. We use a 12 dpi reed for this pattern, but you could certainly double up on the yarn to get a more substantial weave. I hope this helps!

the photo of this beautiful scarf that is shown on the mannequin looks around the neck like there is blue stripe, but then doesn’t show blue lower down on the scarf. there is no blue yarn in this scarf, correct?

Thank you for writing in! It never hurts to make a little test swatch before starting a new project, especially if you want your finished project to be polished. Everyone takes to weaving differently so I think it’s a great idea to start with something smaller just to give you the opportunity to get a feel for it before diving into a larger project. If you have further questions please let us know!

What a beautiful piece! I wanted to note that just like with knitting, there is a standard notation for weaving drafts that help make them easier to read once you learn the “language.” I appreciate that your patterns are very inclusive (especially because I’m a beginning knitter) but I think this would be a great opportunity to introduce new weavers to the form with something easy so they can assemble the tools for reading more difficult drafts.

This is gorgeous… I have a Schacht Mighty Wolf, can you help out with adjustments to numbers of skeins and length of warp? Or should I give in and get the Cricket? (I’m assuming that the Cricket has less waste, right? Too tired with baby brain right now to figure it out…) Thank you!!

Thanks for writing in! You could certainly do a piece like this on a Mighty Wolf. However, it is a small scarf of simple weaving construction so it might be easier to manipulate and set up on the Cricket loom. I am certain that you would only need one of each of the accent colors at the ends of the scarf, but I would buy one extra of the warp yarns and principally used weft yarns (depending on your color choice). Good luck! This scarf is so lovely!

Just got my kit and I’m not sure what you meanin the first paragraph on warping the loom. If you pull the first thread from the right Then you switch and say work left to right. I’m confused. Could you clarify . I always work all left to right or all right to left. Waiting to warp until I hear from you

The colors are unique and amazing. Any way to adapt this look to knitting. Love the color combos so there is no way to adapt and knitting pattern suggestions to use? Would just even a striped look work? Or maybe gradient?

Thank you for your kind words! I would suggest either doing a stripe or intarsia. Intarsia would be much harder, but would give you a similar look to the field scarf. Having seen the yarn in person many times, I can assure you that all the colors go together well, so a gradient is very possible in many combinations. Best of luck and enjoy the yarn!

Fell in love with this scarf, now I’m just waiting on my loom to come in. In the instructions there’s a side note saying that the yarn listed is enough for 4 scarves. How does that work out? I’m assuming it would be using more of the accent colors, but to what degree? I’m new to weaving so I’m still trying to wrap my brain around it. Thanks!

So happy you love this pattern! Yes, you can make four scarves by mixing up the color combinations. Since you’re new to weaving I think you should get creative with it and see what you can do with the accent colors as the warp yarns. The best part about being new at something is experimenting! Best of luck and happy weaving!

I am thrilled with this project. My scarf turned out EXACTLY like the picture. My problem is I just can’t figure out what colors eat with the leftover yarn which is a lot! I just am not blessed with color combos eat. Your help would be appreciated…I’m making more and making pillows too!

So glad you liked the end result! I like to freestyle weave myself, so I would personally warp the yarn with three light colors and let the weft yarns be the stars of the show. You should have a bit of yarn left over, so I would definitely make a Turmeric version and a Black version!

Another beautiful project from Purl SoHo. Just one piece of advise. It is much easier to hemstitch at the beginning before rolling onto cloth beam and also to hemstitch the end before cutting off the loom.

HI! I was wondering if you could please post a pic of the loom that you used I have never heard of this before now and I am very interested in learning this craft …Thanks for your info and have a great day :o)

Thanks for writing in! For this project we used the Cricket Loom by Schacht. We find that it is extremely versatile as well as being compact and easy to store. For pictures and more details, you can refer to the product page found here: https://www.purlsoho.com/tools/looms/cricket-loom.html

Thanks for the comment. We don’t have any weaving patterns for four or eight shaft looms because we don’t sell those kind of looms. All of our weaving patterns are geared toward craft looms that we sell in the shop and online. Thanks!

I love this scarf and so does my sister so my next project will be making for both of us. However, I do not have a Rigid Heddle Loom. i understand I can use my floor loom with two harnesses. I would love some specific instructions on how to convert this pattern and instructions for use with a floor loom. I’m not too experienced of a weaver. Is this by chance available please??? Thank you.

Thanks for writing in! We do not have instructions on how to weave this scarf using a 4 harness loom at this time. I am not sure if one of our other lovely customers has woven it on such a loom and can provide some guidance!

Looking through the other comments, I see that others are asking the same thing as I am – pattern with a 4 harness floor loom. Perhaps someone else already has figured this out and can send me the info if someone from Purl is unable to. my email is [email protected]

This scarf is beautiful! I have already just bought the yarn bundle. But I only have a 10-dent reed, what adjustments should I make, if any? Sorry for the silly question but this is my very first project. Thank you!

Thanks for writing in! I am so glad that you are excited about this project! The 10 dent reed is designed to be used with sport weight wool for the warp. As this lovely scarf is woven with a light fingering weight for both the warp and weft, the 10 dent reed does note really work for this project. To use some of the yarn in the kit with the 10 reed, you would need an alternate sport weight yarn for warping. The final product would be very different than that above in texture and color as we do not have a sport weight version of this yarn. Ultimately, I would suggest investing in the 12 dent reed, while a bit more of an investment, the end result will be a lovely and wearable project.

Thanks for writing in! You can indeed make 4 scarves from this bundle by arranging the yarn in different configurations! For a single scarf, you will need 2 skeins of the MC as most of the two are used up in the sample as it is shown. You can certainly cut down the number of accent colors on each end and use 2 or 3 instead of the 4 that we used!